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Christian

Boys' name · Millennial-era

Living in the US
~455,300 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#96 among boys
Births in 2025
3,668 473,843 since 1880
Typical age
24 years, median

Christian popularity over time

Christian rank by birth year, 1880–2025Christian ranked #252 in 1880 and #96 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #21, in 2006.#100#96best #21 in 200618901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named Christian in 1996 than in any other year — 16,544 of them. The name is already in use in 1880, where the data begins. Across the record, 42 years put Christian in the top 100.

As of 2025 the name sits at #96, with 3,668 births that year. The ten-year change is -56%. It slipped 19 places against the previous year.

Babies named Christian per yearPeaks at 16,544 births in 1996.16,544 in 1996018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Christian?

An estimated 455,300 living Americans are called Christian. That is out of 473,843 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Christian?

The typical living Christian is 24 years old. Most living bearers were born in the 2000s. By the site’s era rules that makes Christian a millennial-era name.

Your Christian

Ages of living people named ChristianHalf of living Christians are older than 24 and half younger.median 24020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Christian is most common

Relative to births, Delaware carries 1.8× the national share of Christians. Mississippi, District of Columbia and Rhode Island follow.

Where Christian is used more than average5 states use the name Christian more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: 1.6× the national rateRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: 1.8× the national rateDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: 1.6× the national rateNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: 1.7× the national rateDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: 1.8× the national rateMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Christian is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Delaware 158 1.8×
Mississippi 616 1.8×
District of Columbia 165 1.7×
Rhode Island 155 1.6×
New Mexico 314 1.6×

Christian in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Christian ranked #393 in 2025 on 105 births. That is 50% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Christian comes from

From Middle English Cristien, from Old French chrestien, from Latin Chrīstiānus, from Ancient Greek Χρῑστιᾱνός, from Χρῑστός (“Christ, anointed [one]”) + Latin suffix -ānus. The older form is Christen. Doublet of cretin.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Christian

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Christian Bale American-English actor 1974 99
Christian Wulff 10th German Federal President 1959 91
Christian Doppler Austrian mathematician and physicist 1803–1853 82
Christian Dior French fashion designer 1905–1957 77
Christian Eriksen Danish association football player 1992 69
Christian de Duve Belgian biochemist, cytologist 1917–2013 67
Christian IV of Denmark king of Denmark and Norway 1577–1648 66
Christian X King of Denmark (1912–1947) and Iceland 1870–1947 66
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People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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